The telegraph co-ordination of tramp shipping, and growth in world trade, 1870-1910

European Review of Economic History

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-173

  Lew, Byron ^a   Cater, Bruce ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33746016014     PISSN: 13614916     EISSN: 14740044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1361491606001663     Document Type: Article

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